August 7, Covid-19 Update from Asia

Similar to much of the rest of the world, cases of Covid-19 continued to appear in Asia this week. Japan’s new spike is already larger than the initial outbreak and Taiwan has removed it from it’s medium-risk travel list.  Prefectures and cities are re-instituting various states of emergency and cross-prefecture moment is discouraged.  We are […]

July 24, Covid-19 Update from Asia

This week saw ongoing movement restrictions and permission changes based upon rates of COVID-19 infections. In Hong Kong where recent case increases have immigration officials are working partially from home, causing visa delays, the US and Kazakhstan were added to the list of high-risk countries.  Australia and Hong Kong also were impacted as Taiwan removed […]

Singapore | Updated Arrival Protocol

Updated arrival protocols and Stay at Home requirements as of July 22, 2020.   Now, following the In-Principle Approval (IPA) letter, the employer must apply to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for permission to enter Singapore.  Approval will include the window of time permitted for the employee to arrive into the country and travel must […]